Staff ReportsJuly 19, 2023
33min0
A Mayor who made history is floating a just-as-historic city budget.
Tag: gerrymander
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Donna Deegan is greeted with her first controversy.
Staff ReportsJune 28, 2023
37min0
In Jacksonville, a new status quo awaits.
Staff ReportsJune 14, 2023
40min0
Donna Deegan assembles her A team.
Staff ReportsJune 7, 2023
28min0
Jaguars unveil a billion-dollar stadium plan. Is it a good bet for Jacksonville taxpayers?
Jacob OglesApril 12, 2022
16min0
It looks like the Governor will get his way.
Jim RosicaSeptember 15, 2015
3min129
Circuit Judge Terry Lewis will have at least seven proposed maps to sort out as he determines the best way to fix Florida’s congressional district boundaries. As of Tuesday, those maps include the House’s original “base map,” unchanged since last month’s Special Session, and two from the Senate, one of which puts the southern flank of eastern […]
Phil AmmannAugust 18, 2015
3min341
On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled Florida House approved a “base map” of new congressional districts by a 76-35 vote – setting the stage for yet another battle royale with the Senate. For their part, senators can expect to vote this week on a version of the map that appears vastly different from the House proposal. And […]
Guest AuthorJuly 13, 20157min232
On climate change adaptation, the hour is very late. Only seven years ago the mainstream media began reporting the likelihood that warming temperatures at the arctic extremes could begin releasing vast quantities of methane gas into the atmosphere, with its potential to rapidly double the amount of global warming gases already overloading the atmosphere. With […]
Phil AmmannJuly 9, 2015
12min226
Florida’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s congressional map on Thursday with a ruling that found lawmakers illegally gerrymandered political districts. Justices then ordered the Republican-led Legislature to redraw eight congressional districts, with two that expect to be heavily contested in 2016. Incumbents directly affected by the ruling are Democratic Reps. Corrine Brown, Kathy Castor, […]